Gerry Adams quotes

Gerry Adams is an Irish republican politician and former president of Sinn Féin, a prominent political party in Ireland. Known for his role in the Northern Ireland peace process, he was a key figure in the negotiations that led to the Good Friday Agreement. He has been both praised and criticized for his leadership and his alleged links to the Irish Republican Army (IRA). Here are 40 of his quotes:

The last months, weeks and days have seen accelerating discussions, involving the DUP for the first time, about a comprehensive agreement which would see all outstanding matters dealt with and the Good Friday Agreement implemented in full.

Gerry Adams

We have to make sure the Good Friday Agreement works.

Gerry Adams

One man's transparency is another's humiliation.

Gerry Adams

Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.

Gerry Adams

It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo.

Gerry Adams

The days of humiliation, of second-class citizens and of inequality are over and gone forever.

Gerry Adams

For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.

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When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and unity.

Gerry Adams

Sinn Fein has demonstrated the ability to play a leadership role as part of a popular movement towards peace, equality and justice.

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But I also hold the very strong view that republicans need to lead by example.

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Sinn Fein has the potential and capacity to become the vehicle for the attainment of republican objectives.

Gerry Adams

Republican patience with how unionism deals with the political institutions, and with key issues like equality and human rights, will be tested because, obviously, there will be a battle a day on these matters. So lets face up to all of this with our eyes wide open.

Gerry Adams

The Good Friday Agreement and the basic rights and entitlements of citizens that are enshrined within it must be defended and actively promoted by London and Dublin.

Gerry Adams

The Irish Republican Army has kept every commitment made by its leadership.

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The unionists also for their part, want to minimise the potential for change, not only on the equality agenda but on the issues of sovereignty and ending the union.

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Sinn Fein has productively taken the example of South Africa and, as we develop the peace process, we continue to use examples from South Africa.

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At that time, the army leadership said the implementation of this agreement would allow everyone, including the IRA, to take its political objectives forward by peaceful and democratic means.

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Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are all dead and gone. I've hugged trees in every part of this little island.

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If you militarise a situation, you beg for an armed response.

Gerry Adams

I think the worst kind of grief is unacknowledged grief.

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I think there is a huge responsibility upon governments to understand the consequence of their decisions.

Gerry Adams

You can only judge anything that happened in the times, in the times that that happened.

Gerry Adams